Qualcomm shareholders rejected the company's "say on pay" executive compensation proposal on Tuesday after a proxy adviser raised concerns over an increase in long-term stock awards to Chief Executive Steve...
March 11, 2020
Current and former female Walt Disney Co. executives alleging "rampant gender pay discrimination" have expanded their case against the Burbank entertainment giant. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Daniel J....
March 11, 2020
The U.S. Treasury Department is considering extending the 2019 tax-filing deadline beyond April 15 to provide relief from economic disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak, according to two people familiar...
March 11, 2020
The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the globe: ___ The Vatican representative to East Timor said a visit by Pope Francis has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak....
March 11, 2020
VIRUS OUTBREAK The Ivy League on Tuesday canceled its men's and women's basketball tournaments and two other Division I conferences announced they will restrict fan access to their postseason games...
March 11, 2020
Stocks dropped in Asia on Wednesday despite gains on Wall Street on hopes the Trump administration will act to cushion the economic pain of the virus outbreak. Japan's benchmark Nikkei...
March 11, 2020
Yazan, a 1-year-old Libyan boy, was born with congenital heart disease. With just one chamber, the organ pumped so little blood that when Yazan cried, his skin turned black. Without...
March 11, 2020
They canceled racing at Santa Anita for one day this week, which should come as good news to horses scheduled to run on Friday the 13th. Horses at the venerable...
March 11, 2020
Some residents along the Japanese northern coast stood on roadsides overlooking the sea, offering silent prayers for their loved ones lost in a massive earthquake and tsunami nine years ago...
March 11, 2020
The final act of Harvey Weinstein's rape trial in New York begins Wednesday, when the once-powerful film producer will be sentenced following his landmark #MeToo conviction. Weinstein is scheduled to...
March 11, 2020
Suddenly staring recession in the face, European leaders are lining up an array of tax breaks, financial support for companies and likely central bank measures in the hope of preventing...
March 11, 2020
President Donald Trump's proposed payroll tax break met with bipartisan resistance on Capitol Hill as pressure mounts on the administration and Congress to work more vigorously to contain the coronavirus...
March 11, 2020
More than a thousand journalists from around the world have been put on notice after an attendee of a major computer-assisted reporting conference held over the weekend in New Orleans...
March 11, 2020
More than a thousand journalists from around the world have been put on notice after an attendee of a major computer-assisted reporting conference held over the weekend in New Orleans...
March 11, 2020
Members of Arsenal's playing squad went into self-isolation in a coronavirus precautionary move, forcing the postponement of the Premier League game at Manchester City later Wednesday. It is the first...
March 11, 2020
Mississippi was holding party primaries Tuesday to choose nominees for a U.S. Senate seat and four congressional seats: U.S. SENATE Mike Espy won the Democratic nomination Tuesday, easily defeating two...
March 11, 2020
Mississippi was holding party primaries Tuesday to choose nominees for a U.S. Senate seat and four congressional seats: U.S. SENATE Mike Espy won the Democratic nomination Tuesday, easily defeating two...
March 11, 2020
Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy won the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi on Tuesday, setting up a rematch with Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, an outspoken...
March 11, 2020
California voters have rejected a $15 billion bond to renovate California's aging schools, the only statewide measure on last week's primary ballot. Proposition 13 promised to provide funds for new...
March 11, 2020
An investigation commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera into sexual harassment allegations against Plácido Domingo has found that the legendary tenor engaged in "inappropriate conduct" with multiple women over the...
March 11, 2020
Two NFL teams have suggested changes to game officiating, including a "sky judge" utilized by colleges, among seven rules proposals that will be presented to team owners later this month....
March 11, 2020
San Francisco area man with a history of violence and mental illness is guilty of the random stabbing death of an 18-year-old woman at a commuter train platform two years...
March 11, 2020
Washington state lawmakers passed a ban on plastic grocery bags and added an 8-cent fee on paper bags. Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee has not yet signed the bill passed by...
March 10, 2020
PortMiami will allow a cruise ship to return with coronavirus aboard and plans to convert a dockside warehouse to a triage center to isolate passengers if that scenario occurs, county...
March 10, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the state's nearly 40 million residents Tuesday to avoid sporting events, concerts and large gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and adamantly warned...
March 10, 2020
After 23 years, the five-county sales tax that paid for construction of Miller Park in Milwaukee will end March 31. Members of the board that oversees the Southeast Wisconsin Professional...
March 10, 2020
The State Department's special envoy for Syria has just admitted that the US aims to defend jihadist militants in Idlib against ‘Russian aggression,' proving once again that the swamp in...
March 10, 2020
An Indiana payroll company owner was sentenced Tuesday to six years in federal prison and ordered to pay back nearly $9 million for a scheme that defrauded clients. David L....
March 10, 2020
Airlines are slashing flights, freezing hiring and parking planes to cope with a stunning drop in bookings and a rise in cancellations caused by fear over the new virus outbreak....
March 10, 2020
Shortly after grappling with budget cuts caused by flattening state revenue collections, the Georgia state House on Tuesday passed a proposal to reduce the state's personal income tax to a...
March 10, 2020
The Washington Post is encouraging its staff to work at home and the Los Angeles Times is restricting air travel, two illustrations of how news organizations compelled to cover the...
March 10, 2020
In this past decade, re-urbanization and revitalization have transformed downtown Miami and downtown Fort Lauderdale as people seek to live closer to work, entertainment and cultural venues. But as land...
March 10, 2020
Alarming clusters of the coronavirus swelled on both coasts of the U.S. on Tuesday, with 70 cases now tied to a biotech conference in Boston and infections turning up at...
March 10, 2020
Key West wants to protect the coral reefs that are vital to the southernmost city's economy. The Florida Legislature is saying not so fast. A year after Key West voted...
March 10, 2020
A fast-moving bill to allow student athletes in Florida to hire agents and ink endorsement deal reached a speed bump Tuesday, as lawmakers attempted to reconcile differences between their dueling...
March 10, 2020
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration decision to reopen a long-closed road built through grizzly bear habitat in northern Idaho. The Center for Biological Diversity and...
March 10, 2020
NorthWestern Energy's proposal to purchase a larger portion of a coal-fired power plant in southeastern Montana for $1 doesn't include analysis to show the acquisition is in the public interest...
March 10, 2020
Voters in Mississippi's Democratic primary ranked health care as the most important issue facing the country, well above climate change, the economy, race relations, foreign policy and many other social...
March 10, 2020
Voters in Missouri's Democratic primary ranked health care as the most important issue facing the country, well above climate change, the economy, race relations, foreign policy and many other social...
March 10, 2020
Joe Biden came into Tuesday's primaries riding a wave of voter confidence about his chances of victory in November. Democratic primary voters in Missouri and Mississippi are more likely to...
